India, Dec. 5 -- Stranger Things is Netflix's biggest English-language show. Over the years, it has become synonymous with the streaming giant in the West, just as Squid Game is in the East. So naturally, when the final season of the show drops, most expect it to top the most popular shows' list on the streamer for weeks, if not months. But surprisingly, Stranger Things season 5 lost the numero uno spot on Netflix in just a week of its release. And it lost the top spot to a documentary no less.

Four episodes of the fifth and final season of Stranger Things released on Netflix on 26 November worldwide. In the five days after that, the so-called Volume 1 of S5 amassed 59.6 million views to top the viewership charts. This is the second-high...